• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The polls at the time showed him doing better against Trump than Hillary, given that he would bring out the progressive vote along with the usual dem vote. Which is why him getting railroaded out by the “her turn” group was such a blatant travesty. And why I blame them for Trump getting elected.

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      9 months ago

      People forget that there was a sizable “Bernie or Trump” crowd as well. Essentially people that just want ANY change from the permanent status-quo we’ve had for the last 30-40 years.

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        7 months ago

        There were a couple of people who loudly said that before the election, but afterwards it turned out to be a negligible number of people who actually meant it.

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      9 months ago

      … the same progressive votes that got him to be the nominee? Wait… He won my state. Doesn’t mean shit if others weren’t on board.

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        9 months ago

        I think the UN should get called in to monitor the Den voting process. They might be slightly worse than Nigeria.

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        9 months ago

        Oh well. They get constant catering by dems and they’re really just Republicans anyway considering how far to the right “the middle” is around here.

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          9 months ago

          I mean looking at how elections have gone in the US, the undecided between the two parties often decide the elections. It’s a fairly important group to cater to if you’re all about winning.

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            9 months ago

            Just getting the people who would vote to the polls would be a better use of time and energy IMO. Didn’t vote is still the winning candidate in most elections.

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              9 months ago

              They probably consider it a wasted effort or very unsure to benefit them as much as going to those undecideds who are going to vote.